Rohit sharma fifty: Rohit Sharma completed his half -century in 41 balls against New Zealand in the final match of the Champions Trophy. This is Rohit’s first half -century in the final of the ICC tournament. He took an aggressive stance on Kiwi bowlers from the beginning. The captain had hit a six on the second ball of the match and told that it is difficult to score runs in Dubai but no one can stop them today.
Chasing 252 runs, Team India captain Rohit Sharma started the innings with vice -captain Shubman Gill. When Gill started, the captain took up the responsibility of scoring runs at a fast pace. Rohit Sharma completed his half -century with a run off the first ball of the 11th over by Mitchell Santner.
Rohit Sharma hit 5 fours and 3 big sixes in this half -century in 41 balls. His explosive innings resonated with the entire stadium noise.
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India got a target of 252 to win
Earlier, by winning the toss, New Zealand decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma lost the 12th consecutive toss in ODIs as captain. After a good start, Team India strengthened their hold in the match due to New Zealand’s consecutive wickets. Derryl Mitchell scored the highest 63 runs for the Kiwi team. Michael Bracewell’s 53 -run innings was able to reach the respectable score of New Zealand 252.
Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets for India. Kuldeep initially took important wickets of Rachin Ravindra (37) and Kane Williamson (11). Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja had 1-1 wickets.
